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As the Nigerian group is defrauding seamen and other mariners by sending fake job offers, so this Malaysian group is faking employment offers on cruise liners. On this page you find an example of a fake cruise liner job offer as well as a fake job offer that seems to have some connection to cruise liners. I also give some ideas on how to check if the offer you have received is real or not. Some targets / victims have sent me copies of other fake job offers on cruise ships that they have received. I do report on those also. |
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Please note; All links on this page open in a new window. If your "pop-up killer" is too efficient it can stop also new windows. When this happens, press "Ctrl" and click again on the link. In July 2006 an Indian AB received a job offer from Oasis Cruises in Malaysia (Port Dickson), 2.800 USD per month, on one of their cruise liners. A few days later he received an other message from a Malaysian (Kuala Lumpur) attorney office, stating salary 2.500 USD per month and asking for 600 USD processing fee for Malaysian work permit. This was bank transfer to a Malaysian bank. The lawyers request was signed by Mohammed Abus, Senior Partner of "Anaclet Chambers" in Kuala Lumpur, tel. ++ 617 355 1797. "Anaclet Chambers" is not registered with the Malaysian Bar Association and therefore not authorized to act as an advocate or solicitor. You are advised to take extra caution in dealing with this firm or any person (Mr Mohammed Abus) from that firm. You can check any other lawyer's office by contacting Malaysian Bar Association or you can do it from this old list. Mr Abus is also mentioned on the page Cruise Ship employment scam from before. The "Oasis Cruises" gave tel. no. ++ 601 229 64213 and 601 630 35304 (in Malaysia), address: 456 Jalan Gombak, Port Dickson. The message was signed by Datuk Seri Muhammed Rahimi, Senior Manager, Human Resources & Administration. The "company" had a website: www.oasiscruises.com. Due to coding errors only dark blue background could be seen in Explorer, while Firefox showed the pages OK. The server was owned by Telekom Malaysia Berhad and the email was on: oasiscruises.com . The picture to the right is a copy of the job offer. On the website it was stated the company was doing around the world cruises, like for instance Australia to Southampton (UK). It was also said at least one of their cruise ships carries 245 passengers. There was a page with six photos of "cruise liners". Two of the ship's photos were duplicated, and one of these was both from abeam and from the starboard bow. So out of six pictures, there was a total of three ships only. The website listed the names of five ships: Wuma Viva, Oasis Princess, Viva, Conda, and Wuma. Only the name "Viva" could be found in ITU ( International Telecommunications Union ). Several ships with this name were listed but only two with EPIRB - both registered in Germany. When you zoomed in on the ship pictures the flag looked very much Malaysian, it was definitely not German. In 2008 the name "oasiscruises.com" was taken over by a different company that has nothing to do with scammers. This new company isn't even a recruiting agent and in an e-mail to me has categorically stated they do not solicit people to any kind of work. I think that old group of Malaysian Scammers was arrested in Singapore, beginning of 2008. The news did not mention website name. The new website - with the old domain name - is now on a US server, i.e. no connection there. EPIRB ( Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon ) is mandatory on every ocean-going / foreign going ship over 300 GT. A ship without this is used in domestic / coastal trade only. The one example above is not the only target - this offer is continuously sent to seafarers (cruise ship crew) who have their email address available on the internet. This cruise ship employment scam was still going strong in 2007. Mr Mohammed Abus at Anaclet Chambers in Kuala Lumpur still busy collecting money (?). Last fake job offer I know about was received in October 2007. I hope not too many people are sending him anything. In March 2008 I received a "funny" job offer - funny in the way it didn't offer any specific job positions at all. It wasn't even directly concerned with maritime employment except for a banner with a cruise liner at top. The banner serves as a link to www.cruiseinc.com, which I believe is a US cruise ticketing company. I quote the message: |
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QUOTE: FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL,There are no names mentioned in the job offer itself, but this ends with an "advertisement" for an immigration services company with the same address as this "global shipping company" and an animated ( moving ) Canadian flag. |
There are several reasons why I classify this as a scam: There's no direct connection between the top banner and the "company" making the offer - a company that cannot be found anywhere, the e-mail address is "jobs.global1@yahoo.ca", and then there's one sentence common to many fake offers. That sentence is: "Full access to some of the finest and social recreational facilities in Canada". Not even all Canadians have that access! At the very end there are several photos of people with very nice titles. The e-mail gives an impression these are the people that will take care of you. Their names are: Hon.Patmalar Ambikapathy, Ba.Kim Baker Sq, Hon.QC. M.Bartfeld, Hon.Paul Bingham, Ba.David T. Crocker, Ba.Sarah L. Fregon, Ba.Sharon Kermath, Ba.Alan Llewellyn Hands, Dr.Frank Jones, Dr.Ba Adams F Everyone of these are represented by a photo, I have reproduced only a small part of the last one (i.e. face only), that is Dr.Ba Adams F - the picture is to the right. Would you trust your future with this person ? When a shipowner or recruiting agent contacts you to offer a highly paid job you haven't applied for, be very cautious. Every personnel office is too busy to surf the Internet searching for seamen CVs and then trying to contact people with job offers. Except when you have some very special skill or knowledge (like a top consultant). One of the first days of May 2008 I received from an Indian marine engineer a new scam message going around. The offer was from K-Shipping & Cruises Company in Ghana (!) with a website: k-shippingcruise.biz.ly - ".ly" is a Libyan extension. They say they "own a fleet of passenger ships, vessels, and cargo ships". They use an expression I have seen before in these scam letters. The fake offer was signed by Adowa Antwi, which is a Ghanaian name. It's Ashanti, which is one of the tribes and languages in Ghana. "Adowa" means this is a female born on a Monday, but one can never be sure of who really sent an e-mail message. The name can very well be fake as well, although there are many Nigerians with Ghanaian citizenship. They were born in Ghana. On their webpage ( Employment 2008 ) there are several pictures of different ships, including a couple of dredgers. The text accompanying the pictures, however, only talks about passenger ships ( cruise liners ). The Indian Engineer was offered a job onboard MS Alaska Arrow, which doesn't exist according to ITU (see below). The text accompanying the pictures lists only passenger ships ( medium to small size ) by names: Caedmon, Cenred, Cenwulf, Fastcat-Ryde, Fastcat-Shantlin, Florence, Metalina, Alaska Arrow, Dodi, and Silas. The three first ones can be found in ITU register - one of each name - under UK Flag but no EPIRB. MS Florence (36 vessels) - one under German Flag with EPIRB. MS Dodi and MS Silas (12 and 10 vessels respectively - only one ( MS Dodi ) under Irish Flag with EPIRB. The rest of the ships doesn't exist. Very unlikely anyone of these would be owned and used by an unknown Ghanaian company. There is also on the "employment" page a list of salaries. The salaries are the same regardless of ship's size and some funny job positions are included in the list. In the offer-letter they ask for an advance fee, don't pay - even if you think it's small money only. |
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At the beginning of October 2008 the job offer quoted below was sent to an American Captain, who kindly forwarded it to me. I'll give my comments after the quoted letter/e-mail. QUOTE The board will like to congratulate you on your recent application to work with Blue Cruising Company, and we are pleased to inform you of the confirmation of your appointment. The entire employment procedure will take place between 9 days, after which you are expected to resume on deck to begin your contract as our Captain. The monthly renumeration for the position is a sum of $9,700.00, along with other employee benefits, overtime and tips. (underlined by Donpedro) You may sign a minimum contract length of 6 months ($58,200.00 Contract) and a maximum of 3 years ($209,520.00 Contract) with the company, with ideal compensation and benefits at the end of your contract. Your job description will require a lot of self discipline and the ability to be able to communicate politely and efficiently with clients and customers. You will be given a one week break at the end of each cruise, and your basic salary will be paid to you in United States Dollars, either directly into your bank account or in cash. You have also been assigned to sail with the M.V. Dodi Princess III, which basic statistics is listed below: Operator: Blue Cruises Company Year Built / Last Refurbished: 1970 / 1998 Length / Tonnage: 471 / 11,500 Number of Cabins / Passengers: 275 / 550 Officers / Crew: Norwegian / British / Ghanaian / International Operating Area: Western African Coasts, Atlantic Islands and the English Coast There are some procedures to be followed by all new applicants to secure your position, prior to the signing of your contract: 1. All new applicants are to submit a recent passport photograph copy (scanned) for identification processing. 2. You are also requested to forward a copy of your C.V and previous working experience, and references if any 3. A job processing and form fee of 110 Ghana cedi is to be paid along with the submission of a scanned data page of your international passport, which will be used for the acquisition of your cable visa, for entry into Ghana. Upon acceptance of the above prerequisites, we shall forward you a letter of acceptance to confirm your employment with the cruise passenger ship, and your contract of employment. The job processing fee is to be paid to the company, but will be forwarded to the consultant agency in London, at the end of recruiting of crew members. There are no fees to be paid to the company account for the purpose of employment. At the end of your application process, your air tickets and cable visa along with your itinerary will be sent to you via federal express, after which you will be expected to resume work on the ship, after a briefing from your captain. We shall wait to hear from you in regards to the 3 above prerequisites for employment with Blue Cruises Company. You can find more information by visiting our website, www.blueseacruising.we.bs. We would also like to congratulate you on your prospective employment with our company, and also the opportunity to sail with the ocean liner M.V Dodi Princess III. Regards, Felicia Hammond, UNQUOTE Comments: I visited the "company" website and it reminds me of the Canadian one mentioned above. Pictures of several cruise ships but none that could be "Dodi Princess". The one above is using a ship name "Dodi", which is almost same. The website itself is hosted on a Bahamas free server, the ".bs" at end of Internet address is short for Bahamas. Why would a Ghanaian company have a website in Bahamas when there's no connection at all to the Caribbean. Further not a single picture has been taken in Ghana although it's said to be cruising in West Africa. Then all cabins are double cabins so it cannot be a very luxurious ship but still requires an American captain. The ship is operating from West Africa to "along English" coast. I checked in ITU register, Dodi Princess cannot be found, which means there wouldn't be even a VHF radio station onboard. On the website they are talking about "Dodi Princess" being a "catamaran with ample seating for everyone" and doing some 90 minute long short trips. And on their "Services" page it seems to me a page from P & O cruises has been copied, as only P& O is mentioned on the page. Then the salary is somewhat too high and something I never even heard about before: captain receives overtime and tips !! A manager at a 5 * (star) hotel doesn't get overtime and tips, does he? Tips are for bartenders, waiters /waitresses, and cabin stewards / stewardesses etc, i.e personnel serving the passengers directly. The "employer" says no placement fee but they want the American captain to send a "processing fee" in Ghanaian currency from USA to England. I think you agree with me, there's no doubt this one is as fake as the others. |
Very end of Oct. 2008 a Philippine accountant received another Canadian cruise ship job offer, a copy below: QUOTE;
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UNQUOTE The above job offer is copied as received, including grammar and spelling errors and with all the colourful text. Two things to observe: In a second confirmation e-mail the Canadian Immigration e-mail address was given as deptcanadianimmigration@yahoo.ca . No Government office anywhere would ever use a free e-mail service. The errors and lay-out ("the look") also gives it away as fake offer. Many fake offers I have seen, have been made in a much more professional way. Some little bit similar offers, repeating a certain expression, is also targeting superyacht crews. This latter is very active (2009). On May 16, 2009 I received a new version of this myself, only about half of the positions listed above were included, but those with even higher salaries. The e-mail addresses were different: crewshipinternational@yahoo.com and cruiseshipline@yahoo.com. In the application form the office address was suddenly in Vancouver, Canada. Again middle of November 2009 I received an almost exact copy of this same one, only the signatures and e-mail addresses were different. The new offer was sent from csltourismline@gmail.com ; signed by FRANK HARRISON ( PERSONNEL MANAGER ) and MRS. JESSICA BRIGHT, G.M [ General Manager ?], CRUSE INT,CANADA The "company" uses several different versions of it's company name: TOURIST CRUISE SHIPPING LINE, and Cruise Shipping International These "companies" under various names are listed as fake on Fraudwatchers, Canadian tourist, canadian tourist cruise, and Canadian Tourist Cruise. There is a website: www.cruise-information-center.com , but on May 17 the bandwidth was exceeded and the website was not accessible. According to Who Is look-up that website was registered on September 27 in 2004 by Alvin Robinson ( California ). The website itself is hosted on a Texan ( USA ) server in Dallas. This Alvin Robinson owns a total of 155 domain names (!). The application for is from a "company" named Cruise Ship Centers International Inc, with same address as the other ones ( in Vancouver ). On the application form is reproduced the same signature as in the offer above from "Canadian Tourist Cruise ..." and it is "signed" by DR Frank Harrison. ( always a doctor involved in these !) It seems the one above is coming from Mrs Kerry Grand while the latest one is from Mrs Kerry Drand ! The application form itself indicates this company is a member of a group called "Seamax International Inc.". This consists of 65 websites, listed on Zibb.com. All fake ! When you are asked to contact a Canadian immigration agent, remember there is only one official Canadian immigration website: Very end of November 2008 I received from somebody a query about Captain Shipping Line, said to be a Ghanaian (!) company based in Takoradi. They have a "visa handling office" in London, UK. Again the employer doesn't ask for any fee, Oh no ! - it's the visa processing that would cost USD 300. A company by that name cannot be found. The representative's name was given as Kevin Miller. What gives this away as a fake offer is the telephone number: 447031933633. It's not only a UK mobile number with re-direct but it was used already early in 2007 in connection with fake job offers in UK for Philippine students and graduates, against a heavy "visa processing fee". At that time POEA ( Philippine Overseas Employment Agency ) warned about the scam and now it spreads especially in the Philippines. The offer is signed either by Kevin Miller or Kelvin Miller. First week of December 2008 - these guys have been really busy now ! - I received an offer, copy is shown below: QUOTE Subject: 2008|09 Employment .Send Your CV To This Email:avlconsult@rocketmail.com? From: Mr.Adam Armstrong ( avlconsult@rocketmail.com ) Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 9:52:53 PM To: (my e-mail deleted) Attn:, There are vacancies for the positions you specified on your resume (Mate/Deckhand/Bartender/Steward), and your C.V has been reviewed and recommended to the British owned cruiser C.S. NATRA CRUISE COMPANY, owned by NATRA Cruises Company London and managed by Natra Cruises GH Ltd. Your resume was posted to us for perusal by the British Referral Service. Please inform us if you will be able to take up the contract to work on board the Dodi Princess III as we also have very attractive remuneration for staff and contractors. No sailing experience is required, as the company will bear the responsibility of taking all new applicants on a 3 weeks crash program on marine safety and survivor techniques. The Vessel has just anchored at the Tema Habour, and your application has been granted as a prospective staff member. The contract period is for a minimum duration of 6 months, and a maximum of 3 years at an instance. The remuneration is also very attractive. For more information on the summer cruise calendar for 2008/09, you may visit the company website http:// www.natracruise.we.bs .You may also find a list of destinations and track the current location of the vessel. We shall wait to hear from you within 7 working days of the receipt of this message, and you are also to attach a copy of resume for confirmation and updates. Best Regards, Mr. Adam Armstrong Crew / Job Recruitment & Placement officer AVL Consults, London United Kingdom +44 704 570 2037 UNQUOTE Comments: British Referral Service doesn't exist, but the name has been used in scam letters already before. Dodi Princess is again searching for crew and officers who doesn't need "sailing experience". Contract period 6 months to 3 years - same as in offers above. The "company website" is hosted on the same server as the Ghanaian one above. When you try to get there you get an error note: "The requested webpage cannot be found". The exactly same offer, has been posted - on the same date - on a Bulgarian jobs forum. Natra Cruise Company doesn't exist either. But Tema Harbour does exist - in Ghana.! And the telephone number is again 44 70... , which is that - by now famous - UK mobile number with redirect. Would you need any more to see it's a fake one? And then on December 10 I received a copy of a new version to this same one from an Irish seafarer. The beginning of the text is exactly same until the sentence: "The Vessel has just ...". One work job position has been added: Make-Up Artists. The ship Dodi Princess III and the owners are still the same. The rest has been replaced with what follows below: QUOTE: |
The Vessel will be making a few trans-Atlantic crossings annually but has her major route from Ghana to the United Kingdom and other ports and marinas across Europe. We shall wait to hear from you within 7 working days of the receipt of this message, and you are also to attach a copy of resume for verifications. Best Regards, Mr. Chris Martins Job Recruitment & Placement officer Sky Limit Consults, London United Kingdom +44 704 570 2037 skylimitconsults@ymail.com UNQUOTE Just a few days before Christmas 2008 I received some copies from a carpenter in Australia. The Job offer was from Blue Sea Cruising Company in Ghana. The offer letter is a very close copy of the letter from Natra Cruise Company above. In this "new" offer the ship name is Blue Sea, which has also "just anchored at Tema Habour" ( Ghana ) and with same spelling errors as in the earlier version. This time it was signed by: Best Regards, Mr. Williams Bruce Crew / Job Recruitment & Placement officer IVO Consults, London United Kingdom +44 704 570 4037 ivory.consults@yahoo.co.uk Note telephone number is almost same, only "2" in the last 4 digits has been changed to a "4". The "new" consultants name is IVO Consultants with e-mail: ivory.consult@yahoo.co.uk . The "Contract" gives shipowner's e-mail as: natracruiselines@live.co.uk . Of course anyone can get a e-mail address in UK. When you give your language preference in Yahoo as British English the program automatically takes you to yahoo.co.uk. The said carpenter was offered a job as a Steward with a total income of USD 4.770 per month plus a fixed overtime 25 $ per hour (!?). Working hours would be 8 hours per day - Monday to Friday - on a cruise ship. Are the passengers supposed to take care of themselves during Saturday and Sunday ? This was a one year contract. The Managing Director is named as Mr Minster Williams. Official travel agents in Ghana said to be Pacific Travel & Tours, Manager Mr Chris Evans, e-mail pacific.travel@live.com. This was all sent by a secretary named Mary Owoade. This Cruise Line also have a website: www.natracruiseghana.we.bs . The website is on the same server as used above for Blue Cruising Company (see above). Only difference: this website is better done and could really fool somebody. On the website the "Cruise Company" states clearly: The company doesn't require any FEES for purpose of employment. Oh no ! It's the travel agent who requires payment, a processing and visa fee, in this case 537 USD. So again new "consultants", same telephone number, and new e-mail address. These are really busy people. One wonders how much they would be able to earn with honest work - still working the same hours ? In October 2009 this same one was still going on, under the name Bluesea Shipping, Accra, Ghana. The first new fake job offer in 2009 didn't take very long. I received the one below beginning of February 2009. It's from a "Canadian agent" and really targets recruiting agents. The same copy I received was also sent to one Philippine agent and two Romanian agents. It could easily, slightly changed be sent directly to individual job seekers as well. |
QUOTE: CREW TO CRUISE VESSEL WORKERS REQUIRED URGENTLY? From: Tess Travels (tess.travels02@yahoo.fr ) Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 6:42:36 PM To: [e-mail address deleted] Dear Sir, This is to inform you that we are the leading Recruitment and Visa consultants,We are using this opportunity to inform you that our company is in need of the following Creew / Hotel and Factory workers in Canada / USA with the refference of our power of attorney,we therefore require you to supply us the Indonesian crew tocruise vessel for any rank and positions as follow : 1-Cabin Steward $,1700 usd p/m 2-Asst,Cabin Steward $,1400 usd p/m 3- Laundry Supervisor $,1400 usd p/m 4- Lenen Keeper $,1200 usd p/m 5- Poll Attendent $, 1100 usd p/m 6- Gelly Cleaner $, 1100 usd p/m 7- Utility Cleaner $, 1100 usd p/m 8- Bar Boy $,1200 usd p/m 9- Bar Utility $,1200 usd p/m 10- Buffet Steward $.1200 usd p/m 11-Hotel Workers(Waiters,Waitress,Room Cleaners,Security Guards,Receptionists,Light Drivers and Heavy Drivers. 12-Factory Workers,Construction Labourers,Welders and Technicians with attractive salaries. All this vacancy is available now, our service charge is very interesting for getting the visa for the candidate while Tickets,accomodation, transport and hospitality is in company charge. If your company is interesting in our vacancies, you should please reply us immediately so that we can give you our company details and the way we operate. YOUR COMMISSION WILL BE HIGHLY PROTECTED. Best Regards, Captain Moris George Buter Reply To: tesstravel7@ayhoo.fr UNQUOTE |
This "agency" is asking for Indonesian seafarers to Canadian cruise ships and hotels from Philippine and Romanian recruiting agents !! I think this will soon be repeated to individual job seekers. There is the fee = visa processing fee, something similar happened about two years ago when a Burmese recruitment agency almost payed an advance of several thousand dollars for jobs for a whole crew of 12 persons. Did you note, there's no physical address or telephone number for the agent ! The e-mail address at the end of the offer is misspelt "ayhoo". The extension ".fr" is France, but that could in this connection be excused because there are French speaking areas in Canada. Still this one is without doubt a fake job offer even if the salaries seem to be quite normal level. Beginning of May, 2009, a ship cadet student in Poland received a new fake job offer from Quickline Shipping Company in UK and Ghana. The copy I received was a scanned image, therefore I reproduce only their "Logo" - it's easily recognizable:  They supply two addresses:
For London there is the infamous mobile number with a re-direct - 44 70... . The job offer was as a deck Cadet on a passenger ship / sailing vessel named Perlav, with 30 crew. According to ITU there's no ship by that name registered. Both call sign: 3FQP9 and MSSI # 357688000 are provided, BUT these are for a sailing vessel named PERLA, registered in Panama and owned by Marlow Trading S.A. ! He was offered a salary of £ ( GBP ) 3.900 per month. If you get an offer that sounds too good to be true, then it's probably not a true one. The "company" have a website www.quicklineshipping.com that was registered on April 20, 2009, with server in Nevada, USA. On the website they have a very long list of positions they hire for, it reminds me about the long list above, with positions like Music Teachers and Casual Workers - all with a salary of £ 3.000 per month. On a sailing vessel ! The fake job offer was signed by Jessica Robertson. Does anybody doubt it's a fake company trying to get at your hard earned savings ? At the beginning of November 2009 I received the fake offer copied below from an Australian seafarer. He had replied to an advertisement on Job Monster ( Australia ) and the copy below is the reply. When I, after receiving this message tried to look at the advertisement, it had already been deleted. Just because a job advertisement is seen on one of the BIG recruitment sites, like those "monster" sites, it isn't any guarantee they are reliable. Both the posting of advertisements and the payment for them is fully automated. No Human have the time to check every advertisement. Any fake ones must be reported by somebody first, then the advertisement will be taken off-line. QUOTE: "Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:35:39 -0800 Subject: YOUR JOB APPLICATION FOR THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE SHIP JOB IS PRESENTLY UNDER REVIEW AND VERIFICATION.. SHALL BE CONTACTED SHORTLY UPON RESULT!!! From: starboard.jobagency@gmail.com To: ( name with held ) Dear Applicants We apologize for the late reply to your Application, This Agency have been so busy lately attending to many shortlisted Applicants for the first Category to work on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship in Europe, I wish to Welcome you to the World of STARBOARD CREWING RECRUITMENT AND TRAVELING CONSULTANCY INC, We're Proud of being a leading Marine Recruitment and Manning Agency based in the UK, Specialize in career placement for professionals engaged in the Marine, cruise ship passengers world-class brands and exclusive merchandise with tax and duty free savings, Established in 1958 as a professional recruitment agency, we provide skilled personnel for on-board and land based positions. Many other things about us can be found on our web site. We currently work on several projects with USA and UK, countries where we have good contacts. You're being Contacted by this department(Crew Staffing & Hiring Department) because You summit your Resume/Cv to the Management of ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LTD whose one of there Luxury Cruise Ship in Europe with 2.354 passengers, 827 crew members on ship will be sailing and touring around The Europe,Australia, South America,Caribbean and many other Exotic Destination, The Cruiseline is currently seeking experienced and skillful individual for various job position on there Luxury Cruise Ship..Our Recruitment Company have been Authorized and Licensed by the Management of Royal caribbean Cruise Ltd to handle the selection of skilled personnel,Conduct of Pre-Screening, criminal background check/Drug Testing, Reference Checks and Employment interview..As you know the Cruise line is one of the world highest-level luxury cruises, In that case we will strive so hard to Produce Hardworking and Skilled personnel like you to them. we receive your cv/ resume and I must Confess its Such a great honor to attend to applicant with such A good Qualification and working experience like yours,Having gone Through your Resumes/CV i can say you're definitely the kind of Candidate fit for Suitable post on there Cruise Ship,As a Matter of fact Your Experience will definitely be a total additional growth to the progress of the company.At the Moment, Your Resumes/CV had been passed along to the Headquarter of the Company in USA for Proper review and supervision, You'll be contacted shortly with the final decision or Approval from the Authority of the Company soon..I wish you Best of luck, We wish to remind you that the Job opportunity can take you to any where in the Whole World, so we hope you're ready to Travel out of your Present Country for at least 3 months, so you must be a very Friendly and Adventurous Person with good spirit of Heart,You should be responsible, able to maintain a consistent schedule with the Crew, have a loving attitude, patience and Should be very attentive during the Short Training the Company will arrange for you and Above all, you need to have a true interest in the job you are employ to do at the given time. The Following are likely the Conditions that might Disqualified an Applicant from Acquire a Job Appointment with this Luxury Cruise line: --- You Must obey the principle and law, no bad records. --- You Must be in good condition of Health,Hardworking and Above all The applicant must be a challenger who can work in the different environment. --- You Must be in good condition of Health,Hardworking and Above all The applicant must be a challenger who can work in the different environment. --- You must observe the law in native nation, and strictly stand by the contract to work and receive the welfare and treatment. --- The person who has the special skill of dining, entertainment, restaurant service industry and has the relative experience could be preferential --- Lastly You Must Understand that No matter the experience you have , you can work in the low position with start, and get promotion to be high position, the salary will be paid more with time you work and The Company will be responsible for all the Traveling Expenses and Necessary Traveling Documents needed for Applicant to work on Cruise Ship. Also You Must be Available to Travel Around the World on the Company Luxury Cruise Ship After Complete processed of your Traveling Documents without given Any flimsy excuse. --- You must observe the law in native nation, and strictly stand by the contract to work and receive the welfare and treatment. --- The person who has the special skill of dining, entertainment, restaurant service industry and has the relative experience could be preferential So we shall wait till we hear from you to know if you're ready to comply with this Condition and you shall be contacted once An approval is sent from the Headquarter over your Resume/CV. Regards, Captain Fredrick Greenson Hiring/Recruitment Manager STARBOARD CREWING * RECRUITMENT & TRAVELING CONSULTANCY INC. 11 St George's Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 3JE. United Kingdom Tel:+44 7045770278/ Website: http://www.starboardcruise.com cell: +447045770278/Fax: +44 (0)23 8022 84464 UNQUOTE |
I haven't corrected neither language nor spelling, because that's something awfully bad in these spam messages in general. Then of, course the mail address seems to be in London, - the "zip code" - But the address is in Cornwall, in the very south of England, far away from any good communications. On their website it's stated the "Starboard Cruise Services" is headquartered in Miami, Florida, US. And then of course, the telephone number is again the British mobile number with re-direct. Some time after, this seafarer received the first response he started receiving several new ones urging him to take steps to arrange his work permit and visa ( i.e. to "cough up some cash" ). In the first one he was told his job possibilities had been restricted to a small group of listed jobs. In this list could be found: Sound / Light Technician, Gift Shop Manager, Bar Utility, Deck Attendant, Registered Nurse, etc. Obviously these jobs were all regarded as equivalent to each other. I doubt however, that a good Sound Technician would be a good Nurse as well ! One of the messages was even said to come from Royal Caribbean in Miami, Florida. It was signed: ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LTD HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT CHIEF HR OFFICER, MRS MARIA DEL BUSTO 1080 Caribbean Way Miami, FL 33132 Tel: ( 641 ) 654-9769 Fax: (305) 539-3937 Aim: globalrcclcrew@aol.com Yahoo IM: rccl.shipjobopening@yahoo.com email:- royalcaribbean.crewing@royal.net According to Who is Look Up, "royal.net" is owned by World Media Group, LLC; Bedminster, NJ 07921, USA. That means World Media owns the server and "Royal.net" is on a free server - no website but e-mail box is available. Very early in December 2009 a professional "housekeeper" in India received a whole lot of messages from the same Mrs Del Busto. The new in these where that they were referring to a different recruiting agent in UK ( CLYDE-MARINE CREWING AND MANNING AGENCY INC ). First thing is: "INC", meaning Incorporated is used in USA but not in UK, in UK you see "Ltd" meaning Limited (company). There is a big shipmanagement company in UK named Clyde Marine Group, which of course also recruits seamen. But that company would never solicit people this way. The same Indian also received several messages urging to continue solving the "final problem", i.e. the payment of "Travel Document Processing". I have copied part of one of the messages from Captain Peterson Fredrick Lawrence Hiring/Recruitment Manager: QUOTE Receiver Name: Mrs Sherry Phillip, Address to send Money: Clyde-Marine crewing Shipboard Employment Department, 19-23 Canute Road, SO14 3FJ, Southampton United Kingdom Amount Sent: £ 240/$390 in USD dollar Do I need to tell anyone this time the money was not sent. A copy of a very much similar "job offer" from Clyde-Marine Crewing ( UK ) on behalf of Royal Caribbean was forwarded to me by an Armenian seafarer who received it at the end of December 2009. It was signed and provided with a picture as follows: Captain Peterson A. Lawrence Hiring/Recruitment Manager CLYDE-MARINE CREWING * RECRUITMENT & TRAVELING CONSULTANCY INC.  Clyde House,209 Govan Road Glasgow G51 1HJ. United Kingdom Tel:+44 7045770278/ Website: http://clydemarine.com/content cell: +447031899184/Fax: +44 (0)23 8022 84464 The message included a request of £ 245 to cover for "Payment of Courier Shipping Services" When I received it the website was a link and took me to www.clyde-marine.com, which of course is wrong. In this case the offer shows a correct website but the agent's name is wrong. Plus telephone number is again the British mobile with re-direct. Again in November I got still one more fake offer: From: agentsolyoung@centrum.cz Subject: IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:41:54 +0100 To whom it may concern, I am Mr. Sol Young the Recruitment / Personnel Manager for Sol Young Consulting & Soliciting Firm. Our area of expertise is seeking jobs for the teeming unemployed applicants and existing employees who wish to have a change of career. Our company got a contract from a Cruise / Shipping Ocean Liner who just acquired two brand new cruise vessels and asks us to recruit workers who will work in the new ships. The Company will offer full-time employment onboard the vessels. As a condition for employment, all intending applicants must be above 18 years of age, must be physically fit and must maintain friendly relationship with fellow workers. Qualified applicants will work on a schedule of one month on and one week off onboard the vessels on an average of ten to twelve hours a day, seven days a week. Accommodation will be provided for all qualified applicants onboard the Vessels. The company has assured good working conditions for anyone who will work onboard the vessels. The Company will offer full-time employment onboard the vessels. As a condition for employment, all intending applicants must be above 18 years of age, must be physically fit and must maintain friendly relationship with fellow workers. Qualified applicants will work on a schedule of one month on and one week off onboard the vessels on an average of ten to twelve hours a day, seven days a week. Accommodation will be provided for all qualified applicants onboard the Vessels. The company has assured good working conditions for anyone who will work onboard the vessels. All interested persons are required to apply for the vacant positions listed below through our company with their Resume and a scanned copy of the Data Page of their International Passport with a consultation and job placement fee of $380. Any applicant who is not employed will be refunded his or her fee in full. All applicants should indicate the position they are best qualified to occupy. The ships will start operation next month and will navigate through Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans making stopover in about 25 countries. { I've never worked in the ship before } No problem! ( Unless you want to work as the Captain or some other position directly related to the navigation of the vessel ) Training will be given to all accepted applicant before they start work. The vast majority of positions available on a the Cruise Liner requires no previous Ship experience. See below for a partial listing of vacant positions available and projected weekly salary structure as provided by the Cruise Liner owners »»» |
[1] Medical Staff ( Doctors & Nurses )_______Weekly Pay $ 3,820 USD [2] Electrical / Electronic Engineer _____Weekly Pay $ 1,600 USD [3] Telecommunication Laboratory Engineers____ Weekly Pay $1, 900 USD [4] Computer Technicians_____Weekly Pay $ 1, 625 USD [5] Electronic / Electrical Technicians _____Weekly Pay $ 1,000 USD [6] Ship Engineers _________ Weekly Pay $ 3,125 USD [7] Night Club Mc's and DJ's ______Weekly Pay $900USD [8] Swimming Pool Guards / Divers____Weekly Pay $1,700.00 USD [9] Kitchen Staff ______________Weekly Pay $2,000 USD [10] Deck and Cabin Waiter / Waitress ____Weekly Pay $1,250 USD [11] Deck and Cabin Steward / Stewardesses ____Weekly Pay $1,250 USD [12] Bar Tenders and Cocktail Servers _____Weekly Pay $915 USD [13] Gift Shops Attendants_______ Weekly Pay $ 995 USD [14] Fitness and Gym Instructors ______Weekly Pay $1,650 USD [15] Comedians ______Weekly Pay $1,000 USD [16] Tour Guides________Weekly Pay $970 USD [17] Language Interpreters_________Weekly Pay $1,275 USD [18] Casino Attendants__________Weekly Pay $ 967.5 USD [19] Body Guards____Weekly Pay 1,000 USD [20] Pursers_____Weekly Pay $ 1,105 USD [21] Photographers____Weekly Pay $ 1,100 USD [22] Barbers and Hair Dressers_____Weekly Pay $ 1,100 USD [23] Cyber Cafe attendants _____Weekly Pay $ 1000 USD [24] Sanitary / Cleaners _____Weekly Pay $1,600 USD [25] Laundry attendants _____Weekly Pay $ 1,400 USD [26] Fork Lift Operator _____Weekly Pay $ 1,800 USD [27] Spiritual leaders / Clergy _____Weekly Pay $ 1,500 USD Finally, we welcome your applications, and promise to do our best to secure a job for you in any of these vessels. Regards, Mr. Sol Young { Recruitment / Personnel Manager } Sol Young Consulting & Soliciting Firm 1 Railway Rd., Leigh, Lancs , WN7 4AB , United Kingdom Tel: +44 7045738791 Fax: +44 8447744607 This fake offer is for a change written in a different way from the others. Even it's a non-native English speaker who has written it there are almost no spelling and grammar errors. In fact many Americans write much worse than this. In other words, you cannot use as the only criteria "badly written English" to distinguish between real and fake offers. BUT the salaries given are per week, that's something I have never seen before - same as a rotation of one month on / one week off. Normally the periods on / off are of equal length as the administration of who's on and who's off would otherwise be very complicated. And then there are some "funny" onboard positions, like: Interpreters, Body Guards, Cyber Cafe Attendants, and Fork Lift Operators - on a Cruise Ship !? Doctors and Nurses are offered equal (!) salary = 3.820 USD per week = over 15.000 USD per month ! I say "NO WAY". Even Clergy ( priests ) are offered USD 6.000 per month - way too much, plus you don't have them on cruise ships in general. The e-mail was sent from the Czech Republic ( former Czechoslovakia )[ .cz ], why would any cruise ship owner use such an agent ? Finally comes the telephone number: 44 70 ... which is the British mobile number with re-direct. It's scam alright ! |
Middle of March 2010 I received a copy of a new scam from a Philippine therapist - this came from "Harding Brothers Spa". BUT Hardings sold their concession in March 2009 to "Onboard Spa". The scam is still in the old owner's name. The copy of the scam letter, which is very long follows: From: Hardings Brothers Beauty Spa Personnel Network <hardingsspa.cruiseshipinc@live.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:14:54 AM To: (Name with held) Subject: BEAUTY & SPA APPLICATION FOR T HE ROYAL CARIBBEAN SEASONAL CRUISE SHIP JOB Dear Applicant On Behalf of the Management of Royal Caribbean Cruise International, We strongly apologize for the late responds to your application, This Agency have been so busy recently attending to many shortlisted Applicants for the first Categories of Crew Staff to work on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship in Europe, I wish to Welcome you to the World of HARDING BROTHERS BEAUTY AND SPA MANNING & CRUISE SHIP PERSONNEL / TRAVELING CONSULTANCY INC UNITED KINGDOM, We're Proud of being Top leading Beauty and Spa Marine Recruitment and Manning Agency based in the UK, We specialize in Beauty, Spa and Hair jobs, placing candidates in London, the UK, USA and worldwide. We offer positions for Managers, Therapists, Stylists, Account Managers, Trainers, Teachers and many other positions within the Hair and Beauty sector.When you choose Harding Spa Recruitment Agency you will have the benefit of our industry knowledge to guide you in the right direction. We pride ourselves on a reputation of honesty and reliability which has helped us forge excellent relationships with Many Cruise line clients and candidates throughout the worldwide. As a candidate for the Cruise Ship Beauty, Hair and Spa jobs, we ensure that you are recognized and treated as an individual. Our free and confidential service is designed to find a position that deserves both you and your skills.We have an outstanding success rate in finding Beauty jobs, Spa jobs and Hair jobs for candidates from the any where in the world. We currently work on several projects with USA and UK, countries where we have good contacts. We strongly believe it is our responsibility to make the recruitment process as painless as possible for both our clients and candidates. This has enabled us to become renowned throughout the Hair, Beauty and Spa sector, for our very high standards, attention to detail and customer care skills. With Great pride and honor, this ( Crew Staffing & Hiring Department ) hereby acknowledged the reception of your Resume/CV summited in order to become part of the Family of THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LTD MANAGEMENT whose one of there Luxury Cruise Ship in Europe with 2.354 passengers, 827 crew members on ship will be sailing and touring around The Europe,A Australia, South America,Caribbean and many other Exotic Destination, The Cruise-line is currently seeking experienced and skillful individual for various job position on there Luxury Cruise Ship, We have been Authorized and Licensed by the Management of Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd to handle the selection of skilled personnel/Candidates that are suitable for the Cruise line standard, Among the following are the objective of this Recruitment Agency and we are honor to receive your application towards the Job opening for the Cruise line --- We Assist the Cruise line in Conduct of Pre-Screening, Criminal Background check/Drug Testing, Reference Checks and Employment interview --- We help to Oversee the management of the Crewing dept in ensuring that the recruitment of crews, agreements, crew rolls, wages, crew allotment, scheduling and planning of crew changes and all crew related matters are well managed --- Preparation of all Immigration Matters and Documentation for Relief Crew, Extension and Transfer. --- Since one of the Greatest advantage of Royal Caribbean cruise employment is the travel incentives, It give an opportunity for applicants and his/her family to spend a New Year cruise travel around the world without paying where this reputable Agency help the Cruise line with reservation and Booking towards the holiday Cruise Packages. --- We Assist The Cruise line to Arrange Offshore Training for crew according to Royal Caribbean international Requirement, Arrange Health & Safety Matters, Cost Control of expenses incurred by Staff and Crew, Comply with International Safety Management Code. As you know the Cruise line is one of the world highest-level luxury cruises, In that case we will strive so hard to Produce Hardworking and Skilled personnel like you to them We hereby officially Acknowledged the reception of your CV/ Resume, Wish I must Confess its Such a great honor to attend to applicant with such A good Qualification and working experience like yours,Having gone Through your Resumes/CV its shows you're definitely the kind of Candidate fit for Suitable post on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship, As a Matter of fact Your Experience will definitely be a total Asset/growth to the progress of the company. At the Moment, Your Resumes/CV had been passed along to the Headquarter of the Company in USA for Proper review and supervision, You'll be contacted shortly with the final decision or Approval from the Authority of the Cruise line soon. I wish you Best of luck, We wish to remind you that the Job opportunity can take you to any where in the Whole World, so we hope you're ready to Travel out of your Present Country for at least 3 months, Applicants are expected be very Friendly and Adventurous Person with good spirit of Heart, You should be responsible, able to maintain a consistent schedule with the Crew, have a loving attitude, patience and Should be very attentive during the Short Training the Company will arrange for you and Above all, you need to have a true interest in the job you are employ to do at the given time. The Following are likely the Conditions that might Disqualified an Applicant from Acquire a Job Appointment with this Luxury Cruise line: --- You Must obey the principle and law, no bad records. --- You Must be in good condition of Health,Hardworking and Above all The applicant must be a challenger who can work in the different environment. --- You must observe the law in native nation, and strictly stand by the contract to work and receive the welfare and treatment. --- The person who has the special skill of dining, entertainment, restaurant service industry and has the relative experience could be preferential. --- Lastly You Must Understand that No matter the experience you have , you can work in the low position with start, and get promotion to be high position, the salary will be paid more with time you work and The Company will be responsible for all the Traveling Expenses and Necessary Traveling Documents needed for Applicant to work on Cruise Ship. Also You Must be Available to Travel Around the World on the Company Luxury Cruise Ship After Complete processed of your Traveling Documents without given Any flimsy excuse. So we shall wait till we hear from you to know if you're ready to comply with this Conditions and you shall be contacted once An approval is sent from the Headquarter regarding your Application to be part of the Family on board. On Behalf of this Reputable Crewing Agency and The Management of Royal Caribbean Cruise International, We wish you and your Family a Merry Christmas and Happy new year,May this New Year brings the peace & harmony all around your world,and make this place better one to live for the generation to come. For full details on all our current vacancies or for advice on finding quality staff for your business, salary surveys and how to get you on board with this Cruise line - please do call us on, We look forward to see you on board soon |
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